Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Ann Lucy Palmer was born in Little Warley, Essex – the daughter of Richard Palmer, a barrack sergeant, and Charlotte Levett.
She emigrated to Otago in 1873 on the Otago and she married Walter James Stewart, a gardener, in 1879.
They had 10 children and when Annie signed the suffrage petition the family were living in Church St, Roslyn.
Annie died on 12 June 1922 and Walter died in 1942 – they are buried in the family grave in the Southern Cemetery.
Sources :
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Family Search https://www.familysearch.org
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz